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¤ In Afghanistan, a Threat of Plunder
Lessons from Africa in how to avoid the corruption and violence that mineral riches can bring. | ¤ Green Makes a Dazzling Return
Prized by the Romans, the Incas, the Moguls and the czars, emerald has a long and illustrious history. Now, it's coming back into fashion after two decades of neglect. | ¤ Report Calls Zambia’s Prisons ‘Death Traps’
Prisoners are required to work seven days a week for no pay, cell captains beat those seen as working too slowly, and water or toilets are often unavailable, according to Human Rights Watch and two other groups. | ¤ Article on Footage of Shooting in Zambia Raises Questions for Media
A New Yorker article reports that ABC showed footage of an alleged killing in Zambia in the 1990s — and did not inform Zambian authorities about the shooting. | ¤ Fueling the Flames as Bitter Rivalry Resumes
The Africa Cup of Nations is down to the last four countries. Seemingly inevitably, Algeria is to contest one of the semifinals against Egypt on Thursday. | ¤ Zambia Judge Clears Editor in Morals Case Over Photos
The journalist had distributed pictures of a woman giving birth outside a hospital that had turned her away during a strike by health workers. | ¤ Former President of Zambia Is Acquitted
Frederick Chiluba, who was president between 1991 and 2002, was cleared of charges that he stole $500,000 from the state. | ¤ In Zambia, Pictures of Birth, Mailed as Protest, Bring Arrest
On Monday, police arrested the news editor of The Post, an independent daily, for sending unpublished photos of a woman giving birth outside of a hospital to the country’s vice president. | ¤ Ex-Zambian Leader’s High Life Awaits a Verdict
 More than seven years after Frederick Chiluba left office, a court is deciding whether the former president stole from his impoverished people. | ¤ Zambia Swears in a New President
The incumbent party’s candidate, Rupiah Banda, was sworn in as Zambia’s president on Sunday, after a disputed election victory over his populist rival. |
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¤ SOUTHERN AFRICA: More sterilizations of HIV-positive women uncovered
JOHANNESBURG Monday, August 30, 2010 (IRIN) - Veronica* did not realize she had been sterilized while giving birth to her daughter until four years later when, after failing to conceive, she and her boyfriend consulted a doctor. | ¤ ZAMBIA: Land and mineral rights in conflict
MANSA Monday, August 30, 2010 (IRIN) - Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to villagers in the region. | ¤ SOUTHERN AFRICA: No single formula for HIV risk
JOHANNESBURG Monday, August 16, 2010 (IRIN) - In southern Africa, prevention campaigns highlighting the HIV risks of having more than one partner at the same time have largely targeted heterosexuals and ignored the fact that men who have sex with men also have multiple partners. | ¤ AFRICA: Adaptation strategy hit parade
JOHANNESBURG Monday, August 09, 2010 (IRIN) - Crops that mature faster and are tolerant of more frequent and intense droughts top the list of how most countries adapt their food production to climate change, says a new paper. | ¤ Analysis: Unconditional money
JOHANNESBURG Monday, August 02, 2010 (IRIN) - A World Bank study that put money in the hands of girls and their parents in Malawi's poor southern region has caused ripples across the debate on cash transfers in academic and aid communities. | ¤ Analysis: HIV generics under threat from tighter patenting rules
VIENNA Monday, August 02, 2010 (IRIN) - Most of the estimated 5.2 million people worldwide on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment are taking generic versions manufactured primarily in India, but tighter global intellectual property rights and trade rules could shut down "the pharmacy of the developing world". | ¤ AFRICA: It's how you spend the money that saves lives
KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (IRIN) - Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is about how "effectively and efficiently" you spend the money, not about how much. |
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